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Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)

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Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)

Students complete 192 credit points of units of study comprising:
(a) 174 credit points of core units of study listed in the sequence below, and
(b) 18 credit points of elective units of study.
The pass course:
(a) is full-time only over 4 years study
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Year 1

Semester 1 - Core units
BIOS1168
Essential Musculoskeletal Human Anatomy
6  
BIOS1170
Body Systems: Structure and Function
6 N BIOS2170
HSBH1003
Health, Behaviour and Society
6 N HSBH1012
PHTY1023
Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice A
6 C BIOS1168
Semester 2 - Core units
BIOS1169
Advanced Musculoskeletal Human Anatomy
6 P BIOS1168 or equivalent unit of study
BIOS1171
Neuroscience
6 N BIOS2171 or BIOS2103 or ANAT2X10
EXSS2030
Muscle Adaptations to Use and Disuse
6 N EXSS1036 and EXSS1040
PHTY1024
Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice B
6 P BIOS1168 and PHTY1023
C BIOS1169 and (EXSS1029 or EXSS2030)

Year 2

Semester 1 - Core units
EXSS3061
Exercise Responses and Programming
6 A BIOS1170 or BIOS2170
N EXSS1036 or EXSS2032
EXSS3062
Motor Control and Learning
6 P Completion of 48 credit points
N EXSS2025
PHTY2058
PT in Musculoskeletal Conditions A
6 P PHTY1024 and BIOS1168 and BIOS1169
PHTY2060
Preventative Health Care
6 P PHTY1024 and HSBH1003
Semester 2 - Core units
PHTY2059
PT in Musculoskeletal Conditions B
6 P PHTY2058
PHTY2061
PT in Neurological Conditions A
6 P BIOS1169 and BIOS1171 and (EXSS1029 or EXSS2030) and (EXSS2025 or EXSS3062) and PHTY1024
PHTY2062
PT in Respiratory and Cardiac Conditions A
6 P BIOS1170 and (EXSS1029 or EXSS2030) and PHTY1024 and (EXSS2027 or EXSS3061)
PHTY2063
Clinical Practicum A
6 P PHTY1024
C PHTY2062 and PHTY2059 and PHTY2061

Year 3

Semester 1 - Core units
PHTY3081
PT in Musculoskeletal Conditions C
6 P PHTY2059
PHTY3082
PT in Neurological Conditions B
6 P PHTY2061 and PHTY2060 and PHTY2062
PHTY3084
Paediatric Physiotherapy
6 C PHTY3081 and PHTY3082 and PHTY3087
PHTY3087
PT in Respiratory and Cardiac Conditions B
6 P PHTY2061 and PHTY2062
Semester 2 - Core units
PHTY3083
Clinical Practicum B
6 P PHTY2063 and PHTY3081 and PHTY3082 and PHTY3087
PHTY3085
Clinical Practicum C
6 P PHTY2063 and PHTY3081 and PHTY3082 and PHTY3087
PHTY3086
Physiotherapy in Multisystem Problems
6 P PHTY2060 and PHTY3081
Semester 2 - Elective
Choose one 6 credit point Elective from the list below
HSBH3007
Cancer: Prevention Through to Palliation
6 P Students must have completed at least 48 credit points
N BHSC3021
BIDH3008
Digital Health in Practice
6 P 48 credit points of units of study
N HSBH3008 or HSBH2009 or HSBH1010
HSBH3012
Sydney Health Students Abroad
6 P A minimum of 48 credit points

Year 4

Semester 1 - Core units
PHTY4221
Advanced Professional Practice A
6 P PHTY3081 and PHTY3086
PHTY4222
Clinical Practicum D
6 P PHTY2063 and PHTY3081 and PHTY3082 and PHTY3087
PHTY4223
Clinical Practicum E
6 P PHTY3083 or PHTY3085
Semester 1 Elective
Choose one 6 credit point Elective from the list below
BIOS3345
Physiotherapy and Ageing
6 N BIOS1172 or BIOS1173
HSBH2008
Physical Activity and Population Health
6 P 48 credit points of units
HSBH3021
Environmental Stress and Physiological Strain
6 A EXSS2032
P EXSS1036
HSBH3012
Sydney Health Students Abroad
6 P A minimum of 48 credit points
HSBH4109
Gender Equity in Health, Exercise and Sport
6 P A minimum of 90 credit points
Semester 2 - Core units
PHTY4225
Advanced Professional Practice B
6 P PHTY4221
PHTY4226
Physiotherapy in Sport and Recreation
6 P PHTY4221
PHTY4227
Clinical Practicum F
6 P PHTY2063 and PHTY3081 and PHTY3082 and PHTY3087
Semester 2 - Elective
Choose one 6 credit point Elective from the list below
BIOS3345
Physiotherapy and Ageing
6 N BIOS1172 or BIOS1173
BIOS4188
Clinically Oriented Anatomy in Exercise
6 P BIOS1168 and BIOS1169 and PHTY3081 and PHTY4221
C PHTY4225
N BIOS3065
HSBH3012
Sydney Health Students Abroad
6 P A minimum of 48 credit points
HSBH3025
Bodily Senses in Health and Disease
6